We know that Sony wants to upgrade its VR headset - the PSVR, whilst a very impressive bit of kit - is far from the market leader, and there are issues with the product itself that even Sony wants to address.

Sony boss Kaz Hirai oncetold Daily Star Online: “PlayStation is a business that knows to iterate and to evolve its products.”

Hirai continued; “Improvements have to be balanced with cost considerations as well, because it is a consumer product for gamers so we don’t want to say it’s lighter, whiter or whatever, but it’s going to cost triple. That’s not going to happen.”

At the time, he was talking about a Sony VR headset that was relatively fresh and new on the market - at a time when PSVR 2 seemed a long way off.

According to new comments from Sony's Shawn Layden, though, it looks like we could be closer than ever to a massive new update to the virtual reality setup.

Layden, during his keynote speech at this year’s DICE conference, talked about the future of various Sony products... but one that caught our attention, in particular, was a reference to the future of PSVR.

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Layden set his cards on the table right off the bat, saying it’s still early for ground-breaking new tech, explaining that “much of VR is one dot out, and it still feels experimental.”

That's not to say Sony isn't iterating, though - from the sounds of things, the research and development team at the company has got its head deep in some new ideas regarding virtual reality.